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Summary: Full cycle web recruiter
Review: "Recruiting on the Web" is a book that should be in all small and medium size businesses Human Resources or Recruiting departments. The book should be chained to the HRIS department network manager's desk. Also recruiter and HR staff will find the techniques and the mythology outlined within the book very value. Especially if their company is conducting talent acquisition the way it was done in the 20th Century. New technology in recruiting requires new methods of talent sourcing. The active and passives candidate can be found easy today if all of the old methods are improved with today's fast paced technology and updated searching techniques. Please follow as much of the Web recruiting techniques as possible.
Jay Stenda, recruiter consultant
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Summary: A valuable addition to every recruiters desktop.
Review: Having been involved in many aspects of Recruiting for a number of years I can emphatically state that this book is an excellent resource for new and experienced recruiters alike. It does not claim nor pretend to be a resource for all recruiting related topics, as it focuses specifically on harnassing the power of the Internet for recruiting. Readers will find the material to be engaging, well researched, intelligently organized and thoughtfully presented.There has been a number of books written on this subject over the short but rapidly evolving history of this field and all have helped shape the Internet Recruiting Body of Knowledge. However, where this book truly differntiates itself is in its presentation and organization of information. The author, Mike Foster, (the founder and CEO of AIRS, a recognized global leader in e-recruitment training and information) and truly gives the subject matter the AIRS treatment. For those who are not familiar with AIRS training, the AIRS treatment is my affectionate term for their tremendous focus on providing all of the information necessary needed to be successful, without unnecessary fluff or smoke and mirrors. Mike's book (much like their training) applies uncommon common sense to take the mystery out of what some consider to be a complicated area. If you are new to recruiting and are looking for a book to explain all of the in's and out's of the talent acquisition life cycle, this book is not for you. However, if you are new to recruiting or if you are a recruiter and want to learn how to leverage the Internet for competitive advantage this is a great place to start. Make no mistakes, recruiting has been and will always be hard work and this book will not do your work for you, however it will provide any person who is interested the proper foundation for truly taking advantage of the Internet for finding and attracting critical talent, which is a huge competitive advantage for an employer of any size.
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Summary: A fantastic resource for every recruiters desktop!
Review: Having been involved in Recruiting for a number of years, and very active in the evolution of recruiting on the internet, I have always prided myself on being a bit of a Subject Matter Expert on Internet Recruiting; constantly striving to increase my knowledge and understanding of the industry. I found the book to be a great refresher course for web recruiting experts and a great primer for those who are new to the field. There has been a number of books written during the short history of the field, and while all of them did a great service by providing coverage to the new phenomenon of utilizing the internet for recruiting, most had a self-serving slant and all had noticable gaps. This book provided coverage to all of the pertinent areas necessary to consider when recruiting online and gave it the AIRS treatment (similar to my in-class experience very thorough and concise...all that is necessary with no needless asides). I was also impressed to see Jacob Nielsen included in the web resources section as I consider him the guru of usability design and often refer to him when I am teaching web design. Mike's book is long overdue and a valuable addition to every recruiter's desktop.
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Summary: Great new ideas in this book
Review: I attended AIRS classes several years ago and they changed the way I recruit and how I use the Internet. This book covers even more territory than the classes I attended, and has opened my eyes in new ways again. My company uses newspapers, job boards and job fairs to recruit, but there's no question we get the best candidates when we use AIRS techniques. AIRS is definitely the leader in this field, and seems to keep coming back with fresh new ideas. Highly recommended for anyone in recruiting or HR.
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Summary: Highly Recommend This Book
Review: I'm a human resources manager, and I'm responsible for the career section on our company's Web site and for our job posting budget. I also submit a quarterly search plan. This is the first book I've read that covers each of these subjects in order, in an integrated way that makes sense for beginners, but also helps veterans like me. I'm submitting a request to order copies for our entire recruiting staff. (btw, the Amazon price is the best I've found). I highly recommend it for all recruiters, HR and hiring managers.
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Summary: The must-read guide for e-recruiting
Review: Recruiting on the Web is a must read for everyone who is hiring even 1 new employee, as well as those looking to hire thousands. It is crammed full of specific on what to do, when to do it and, most importantly, how to do it. The principles covered apply to companies of all sizes in all market segments, seeking to hire people at all levels. The author, CEO of the largest Internet recruitment training company worldwide, writes from first hand experience, and, throughout the book, identifies the "Best in Class", naming names and listing companies, tools and resources that can help companies identify the best candidates, recruit and hire them. No owner of a small company or Human Resource Executive of medium and larger companies should be without this valuable manual in order to employ current technology to their search for the best candidates. The author covers the necessary action for companies seeking candidates themselves, as well as those working with professional recruiting firms, Internet ad agencies and other third=party organizations. In effect, this is a comprehensive manual that should serve as the definitive manual and guide to studied and followed by both Human Tresource executives and professional recruiters.
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Summary: Comprehensive, Thought-Provoking Resource
Review: Recruiting top talent has always been an important objective for employers. Over the past few years, we have not seen the competitive intensity in recruiting that we saw in the go-go years of the late 1990s because of the slowed economy. This quieter period has given technologists and strategists a chance to catch up, to develop new approaches, to refine new systems. The new designs for attracting preferred candidates were not even available a few years ago; now they will be essential for employers desiring to find, attract, and hire the best talent to achieve their objectives. Finding applicants through newspaper advertising will be with us for a while, for some jobs. Even some of those jobs are now offered through major job boards. For the positions beyond low-skilled welders, fast-food burger flippers, and convenience store clerks, employers will increasingly use the internet to recruit. This shift shatters the myth that hiring is local; the web is world-wide. Recruiting is global. OK, with this historical and future-focused concept in mind, how do we do this on-line recruiting? Foster's book tells us-step by step at a strategic level and at a tactical level. It is not a book for webmasters, recruiting site developers, or code programmers. This book delivers on the higher levels, providing company owners, executives, and managers a valuable insight into what needs to be done and why. Human resource executives will find this volume very helpful. Some HR managers will find it a great tool to open deeper discussion with their superiors; others will find it more valuable in their efforts to understand where their leaders are trying to go. The book begins, appropriately, with some of the "big picture" of recruiting, then turns to the use of the internet. In Chapter 1, there is a list of stages to the process of e-recruiting: recruit your friends, create or enhance your organization's recruiting web site, attract the best candidates, find passive candidates, and assess your applicants. The organization of the book is different, which may throw off a reader expecting an expansion of the five stages. Foster explores various aspects of the recruiting website in Part Two, but Part Three is titled Advertise Your Job Openings. Part Four is Searching for Passive Candidates, but there is not a separate section on assessing applicants-which will be an increasingly important aspect of e-recruiting. You'll find a tremendous amount of valuable insight in these pages. The book is seasoned with a wide range of resources, mostly presented (understandably) as website addresses. Some I recognized, others I'd heard of, and there were still some the author missed (like www.....com for recruiting communities); but, this is a rapidly-changing field. Many readers will find themselves a bit overwhelmed and confused as they read this book. So much information all at once! Yes, that's the reality; and it's a good lesson. Read the book cover to cover, then go back with a highlighter and a pad (or note-taking computer file) to design the right strategy for your company. You'll be reading about cutting-edge ideas and resources, so don't expect to grasp it all right away. Commentary on trends and processes is well interwoven with things to do. Expect to be inspired, stimulated, and fully-loaded with work to do.
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Summary: Give me a break!
Review: Sorry everyone but I have been recruiting for over 8 years and this book is literally NOTHING NEW!!!! Please save your money on the training and the book. SORRY! You would be better off investing in a years worth of service from a company that has a really good search engine that really does about the same thing. Plus, now adays you can't get into the sites like you used to anyway so 1/2 of this stuff is totally out dated! I feel totally ripped off. If you know just the basics of the web you can still figure the stuff out in this book on your own on some free recruiting sites.
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Summary: Recruiters/Employers - Read this Book!
Review: This book concisely plots a creative, compelling and common sense way to recruit and retain qualified passive candidates and is a must read for HR managers, recruiters and employers of every industry. The strategies outlined here are easy for any company or search firm to accomplish and gauranteed to bring you the best candidates. Foster's writing is clear and comprehensible, and topics are structured in a way that lets you move seamlessly through the sections, or skip to those that are relevant to your recruitment needs.
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Summary: Recruiter's Web Bible
Review: This book is terrific. Even with years of recruiting experience and a strong capability using the Web, I benefited from this systematic, comprehensive, detailed and up-to-date review of how to use the Web for attracting and finding the right candidates. It is easy to read, yet packed with great information that is well-organized and easy to access for reference. I highly recommend this book for company recruiters as well as outside recruiting firms and researchers.
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